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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02

the business of striving to improve his
shattered health, but meantime read and
learned all he could concerning the prog
ress OF the war. Upon leaving the field
and the camp for time, the writer had
expected to get away from the sight of
blae-codts But everywhere these were
seen; they crowded steamboats,, sprinkled
the corridors of hotels, thronged depots and
packed passenger trains upon the railways.
They swarmed in the busy avenues of
cities, were seen on every hand in village
streets, and one or more could at almost
any time be found on every quiet lane and
country road.
Indeed, throughout the years 1S63-4-5 the
Union soldier was almost literally omni-
present, save in the parts of the South di-
rectly under the contAol of the Confed-
crate armies.
After Grants remarkable success at
Vicksburg, the eyes of the country were
turned upon him, and in the autumn Of 1868
he was given much more important com
mand than he had hitherto enjoyed
! This was the military division of the Mis-
sissippi, that included the Departments of
the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee and
trans Mississippi.
With forces from these several depart
ments an important victory was won over
Bragg at Chattanooga in November 1863.
But yet greater responsibilities awaited
him, and in the early part of 1864 Grant was
given command of all the armies Of the
Union.
The papers of the time were filled with
sulogistlc notices of him, and all at last
seemed to feel that he was the right man
in the right place.
When he established his headquarters in
the field with the Army of the Potomac,
the Northern people were confident Lee
would De overpowered, Richmond captured
and the war speedily ended. But the
bloody battles of the Wilderness, Spotsyl-
Vania and Cold Harbor, in which the Army
Of the Potomac lost so heavily, proved that
the Confederates about Richmond yet pos
sessed great power. The papers were
filed with long, minute accounts of these
battles. At the time the only redeeming
feature seen abOut these from a IJniOn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02

greater part of the day June Q, 1864, in
Cairo, and it seemed one of the hottest in
his experience. Passage down the river
was promptly secured, and before niyht the
boat was under way.
The trip promised to be a pleasant one,
and about the boat was found the usual
complement OF soldiers, nearly all of whom
had been home on furlough and were re-
turning to their regiments.
There had been much firing upon steam
boats by guerrillas and nearly all had their
boilers, machinery and cabins protected
with cotton bales.
Below Memphis toward the middle Of
one day the writer with several others
was sitting on the cabin deck at the front
OF the vessel when a man was seen on the
Arkansas side near the river bank; he
had in his hands gun, and this he soon
brought to his shoulder and fired.
The bullet struck the water near the
boat Some of those around, seeming to
think there were many more to spring up
with guns in their hands, became little
excited. One naval officer, a very. large
man, ran and took refuge behind one of
the cotton bales
The solitary foeman was more than a
half-mile distant and no one knew his
motives of firing at the boat
The writer did not know where his reri-
ment was and SO had to make inquiries as
the limits of the Department of the Gulf
were reached. At last he received relia-
BILE information that the regiment was at
Baton Rouge. This place was reached
about midnight near the middle of June.
The night was dark, but the wharf was
stepped upon gleefully, and of some guards
it was learned the regiment was encamped
at the outskirts of the city
Through the gloom the shadowy outlines
of tents by and by came in view, and
among these the regiment was found, and
in short time the writer unrolled his
blanket, and, with his lznapsack for pill
low, was soon sleeping. Early In the
morning he was up and received the friend
ly greetings of comrades. And will the
reader appreciate the statement when tho
writer asserts that he now felt at home
again, and, for the first time since parting
with his regiment five months previous,
was content and happy. Part of this feeling
was perhaps due to partial recovery Of
health
Baton Rouge seemed quite a pleasant
place. The State-house was in ruins, hav-
ing, if the writer remembers rightly been
set on fire, but left with the walls stand
ing. Just north OF the town was the ar
senal, inclosed with regular earthworlSs.
Pretty soon after the writer's return to
his regiment a number of officers made a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02

GENERAL N. p. BANKs.-From Portrait in
Harpers History of the War
extended one. Quinine was standard, and
necessarily so, as nearly the whole terri.
tory embraced in the theater of war was
especially liable to malaria, often of a most
serious type Opiates in several forms, as
morphine, Dover's powder, laudanum and
paregoric were most useful to allay pain,
check discharges, etc.
Rhubarb, castor oil and few other ca.
,thartics were always on hand.
Ether and chloroform for surgical cases
were never out of stock.
Whisky, brandy, alcohol and wines OF
various kinds were supplied freely for
medicinal uses. In war-times opiates were
about the only means in use for producing
sleep. The many bromides and hydrate of
choral now used for that purpose were not
then in vogue.
The great amount Of sickness from which
the regiment suffered during the winter of
1923, while on duty at Memphis, Tenn,
has before been spoken Of. But as soon as
the field was taken at the beginning of the
Vicksburg campaign in April, 1868, the
health Of the organization became excel
lent and substantially remained so till the
war closed. Soldiers in active campaign
duty are healthier and happier than when
OulpdIdblN6ly lule. IL was SJEduS6 SOiuS
one in high authority did not issue some
such order as the following: "Keep your
men busy, keep them busy fighting the
enemy if possible, but at any rate Keep them
buSyin Under Grant, however, such an or
Der would have been useless, as he always
had his men at something, ana at the same
time gave his enemy matters enough to
look after. 1t was said above that SOL
der on active duty is healthier and happier.
Activity, too, enforces discipline, it gives
no time for the brooding of discomfort,
inconsistencies and spirit of insubordina-
ton.
For part Of the time the hospital de-
partment was quartered in a house, but in
November the regiment moved its location,
and then all, including the hospital, went
into tents. This mode of living became
uncomfortably cool as winter approached
About the first of December orders came
for the command TO report at New Orleans.
For some cause not now remembered it
became necessary for the writer to ac-
company one of the surgeons in night
ride back to Franklin, about fifteen miles
distant on the bayou within the Federal
lines. Two horses We're procured and the
trip started upon about eight o'clock p. m.
II was lonely ride and toward mid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02

OEElCEhS u.
WooD.-Old Photograph.
short visit to the camp. These had been
captured up Red river and were now going
home as paroled prisoners of war.
Toward the end of July the regiment was
ordered to Morganza Bend, La, up the
river some distance from Baton Rouge.
1t was but a rendezvous for troops, yet
here the regiment remained some time.
The troops composing the 18th Corps were
so reduced in numbers by the Red River
expedition that soon after, by orders from
the War Department, this organization was
for the time discontinued and the whole of
its makeup attached to the 10Th Corps.
This arrangement was particularly I'M
satisfactory to all who had been identified
with the former organization.
When army corps were first organized,
the troops under General Grant were desig-
mated the 18th Corps-this was in 1862
Later, when more troops came under his
command in the Department of the Ten
nessee, these were organized into the 18th,
18th, 10th and 18th Corps.
But the 18th Corps was the largest and
in all respects the best equipped, and be-
sides bore most important part in the
Vicksburg campaign.
Its history had thus become dear to every
man in the corps.
But army orders were in most cases in
perative, aud there was nothing to do but
obey.
About twenty miles back from the
rendezvous at Morganza was the Atcha-
falaya pronounced Chafalia), a sluggish
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standpoint seemed to be the capture of a
whole division of Confederates under Gen.
eral Edward johnson by General Hancock's
corps.
The writer grew weary, and chafed under
the necessity of remaining away from his
regiment, and felt as uneasy as Gagged
bird.
For, however hard it may have been for
young man with other plans in view to,
for the time, relinquish these and Join the
army, and however much camp life may al
first have gone discordantly to his tastes and
failings, nine times in ten the young soldier
when thoroughly broken in, especially
after one or two active campaigns, is con.
tented only when with his command.
By and by came inklings of another
active campaign about to be entered upon
by the Army of the Gulf, of which the
writer's regiment formed part
Later came word of an important move
ment up Red river under Banks And to.
wards the end of April, 1864, word was re.
ceived that this campaign had ended in
disaster, and that many of the writer's
regiment were killed, wounded and taken
prisoners. 1t is hard for one who has
never been similarly circumstance to re-
alize the exact feelings of the writer
when first hearing of this disaster.
He had some such interest in his regi.
ment as one feels in his own family, and
yet it was different.
1t produced an indescribable feeling and
a burning desire to be with the command
and share its fortunes. whether good or i'll.
At first all sorts of rumors were prevalent
concerning the loss sustained by the regi.
ment.
This comrade was reported killed, an.
other fatally wounded and third capt
ured. BY and by, however, letters from
comrades were received, and it was found
that the regiment had been very badly
crippled, a number killed and wounded,
but many more made prisoners.
General Banks was greatly blamed for
the disaster In March he had started a
column up Red river with which feet
upon this stream under Commodore Porter
was in cooperation.
But the advance when near Mansfield,
La, was attacked by a vastly superior
force and driven back in disorder upon the
main army.
With the assistance Of General A. j.
Smith in command of detachment from
the Army of Tennessee, the Confederates
were held in check while the whole army
under Banks retraced its steps, and the
feet aftergreat labor in building dam, the
water in the river having fallen, was
finally brought off in safety.
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Point, barren waste of sand near Mata-
gordabay, was one of the repossessed por-
tions Of the Lone Star State in December,
1868.
Here the writer's regiment landed to-
ward the close of the year The whole re-
gion seemed a cherries waste of sand, but
to the sea-sick soldiers any bit of land was
preferable to salt water.
The tents were pitched and staked down
tightly, but the frequent sweeping winds
often laid them fiat upon the ground. The
only fuel was some sobby drift-wood that
was as scarce in quantity as well as poor
in quality.
Water was obtained by digging shallow
wells and was brackish and very unpleas-
ant to drink and use for cooking purposes.
Coffee made with it was very unpalatable.
For nearly six months chronic disorder
had been affecting the writer, and about
the middle of January a change of sur
roundings was deemed essential for res
toration to health.
Accordingly, furlough was procured,
and upon a gulf steamer with a sea
smooth as glass, the trip to New Orleans
was made without sea-sickness.
at the last mentioned place steamboat
was taken for Cairo, and then the balance
of the trip was made by rail. 1t was while
waiting at railway junction that the first
meal of civil life eaten for many days was
partaken of. The reader can scarcely i'm
agine the impression made by the sight of
a white table-cloth, and the dishes, knives,
forks and spoons Of civil life, after eighteen
months of camp and campaign fare The
writer reached home and settled down 10
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part of the time was on the upper deck and
hence had plenty of fresh air, at least. But
down in the hold where the men were, the
second day out was the most repulsive
spot the writer ever cast his eyes upon.
The sailors, in passing about and seeing
the men so sick, just grinned, as it was all
to them a great joke De Crows Point,
Tex, it turned out, was the destination Of
the regiment. Arrived in sight of this
place the steamer anchored, as there was
no wharf, and the vessels called lighters,
of very light draft-could not come along
side to receive the contents of the steamer
the sea was SO rough.
In this state of things the vessel lay
there and rolled and pitched, teetered, as one
of the men said. Other vessels loaded
with troops were in a corresponding situa-
ton, and to see these pitch and roll in the
rough sea was a sight. Finally, after a
day or two, the sea Gained down little
and a vessel with much difficulty came
alongside, was dashed to ours, and, after
awhile, all got ashore without accident.
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Q. Wo0D.-From an Old Photograph.
further absence from the regiment seemed
out of the question.
Accordingly, after an all night ride,
Cairo, Ill.,, was reached one morning about
nine o'clock
Cairo was most important point during
the war. Through it passed vast guam
titles of stores, munitions Of war and many
soldiers.
To the latter it was what the mouth of a
beehive is to the bees. Indeed it was the
mouth of the great busy hive of soldiers
these passed through it on furlough
special duty or what not, or whether it
was the new recruit, or the veteran going
TO the front, the place always seemed alive
with blue-coats. The writer spent the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02
In CAMP and FIELD.
A Medical Mans Memory Of Wartime.
BY @. III. JOHNSON.
Copyrighted, 1887 By 77s Il y. Kellogg Hesrspo.
per Company
ECTIoN XIV. FROM THE TECHE

SECTION XIV. FROM THE TECHE
COUNTRY TO TEXAS.
During the latter part of the year 1868, a
great many colored troops were enlisted.
At this period tho enrolment and organi-
cation Of these were specially active in the
Department of the Gulf The colored
soldiers were invariably put under white
officers. The latter came mostly from the
ranks Of regiments that had seen active
service.
But to secure a commission in this
service, some considerable knowledge of
military tactics was required, and the as.
pirant had to pass pretty rigid examina
ton before board of experts.
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